President Hassan Rouhani and members of his cabinet paid tribute to the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini, at his mausoleum Saturday morning.

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Sat 23 - August 2014 - 08:36

During the ceremony, Imam’s grandson Hassan Khomeini received the President and the cabinet members.
President Rouhani and the cabinet members also paid tribute to the late Imamˈs wife and son.
The spiritual visit to the holy shrine took place on the first day of the Government Week, which is observed in Iran each year in commemoration of former President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and late Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, who were assassinated in a terrorist attack on August 30, 1981.
The deadly attack was carried out by the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) some two months after Iranian Chief Justice Mohammad Beheshti was assassinated along with 72 state officials and lawmakers in another MKO bombing in Tehran.